update-rc.d missing from the path issue

[amidamaru]

Hi,

I have tried to install some .deb packages using the DPKG -i command and every time I have received the following error:

"
dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH.
dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.

"

Digging the google search results for almost 2 days I was unable to find a working solution to fix that.

My exported PATH it is:

"
bash: export: `/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/kde4/libexec:/usr/lib/qt4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/lib/kde4/libexec:/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin/:/usr/sbin/:/usr/local/sbin/:/sbin'
"

It seems that this package update-rc.d can't be found.

Any help for this mess its highly appreciated

-thanks.

[Neal ManBear]

To install apps, open Synaptic, click Reload, click Mark all Upgrades, click Apply and again click apply. When that has completed, use the search feature to look for the apps you need. Be sure you read the News item at the top of the forum. You'll need to update your sources list.

Points to remember:
PCLinuxOS is an RPM based system.
You can not natively install .debs on an RPM based system.
Install apps from our repos. Installing from outside sources can cause problems, if not right away, then soon enough.

[amidamaru]

OK.

I understood and I'll comply

Even so seems to me quite a little strange that being a RPM based system apt-get upgrade is working.

Bottom line if the packages are not available in the package manager then need to wait to be eventually available.

-thanks.

[menotu]

Bottom line if the packages are not available in the package manager then need to wait to be eventually available.

If you read carefully the following link amidamaru it will give you some guidance on what to do if a package isn't available.

Hope that helps a little.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,55384.0.html

[Neal ManBear]

OK.

I understood and I'll comply

Even so seems to me quite a little strange that being a RPM based system apt-get upgrade is working.

Not strange at all. Apt4rpm is in use as the backend to the package management system. This has been the case for years. I would recommend using the forum's search function to find posts on this subject and others of interest to you. You can learn a lot by reading forum posts.

Bottom line if the packages are not available in the package manager then need to wait to be eventually available.

-thanks.

That is not exactly correct. When you've acquired 10 posts, you can post a request in the Package Suggest section of the forum. Be sure to read and follow the rules posted in that section. (menotu's post has the link.) Failure to do so can result in your post being removed.

In Synaptic's search function, use the Provided Packages option. This will tell you if the app you are looking for is part of another package. As a general rule, PCLinuxOS does not split up apps to create many smaller packages.

[amidamaru]

Great and thanks once again.

Being a little off topic I tell you that I had used before a significant number of other distro's but this one I love the most.

Maybe 'cause seems to me more heart build than the rest.

-johnny.